Improvement in reversible settees



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RoRER'r n. RATON, or NRW YORK, N'. Y."

Letters Patent No. 113,087, dated March 28, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN REVERSIBLE SETTEES.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettersate'nt and making part of the same.

Fo all whom t't may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. Patron, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Reversible Settee; -and f I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being-had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and tothe letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in reversing the back of a settee, and at the same time tilting the seat so as to bring the front edge of the latter to a comfortable elevation. Y

This invention is peculiarly adapted for the use and convenience of school-rooms, being constructed so that the seats may be made to face each other. It is also vwell adapted for railroad-ear seats, for the reason that a connecting-rod may be attached to the tops of all the seats ou one side of a car and the whole reversed by one movement,

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed more, particularly to describe its construction and operation.

The figure represents an end elevation of my invention. v

Letters of like name and kind indicate like parts in the figure.

A representsthe base or framewhich supports the seat and back of my improved reversible settee, which may be made in'any form suitable for the operation, it being formed of two uprights placed suiciently apart for the length of the seat, and rigidly secured together in their position by means of a strong,r crossbar underneath the seat; and where a series of these set-tees is used these cross-bars form a convenient foot-piece for a person occupying` the next seat inline-- diately in the rear.

B represents the standards that support the back D, shown in dotted lines.

These standards are secured to the frame or end pieces A by means of a pivot-joint, as shown at c.

. The standards B are provided each with a slot, Y, through which the pivot-bolt fi passes, the latter of which serves as a guide and support of said standards by vhaving a bearing upon the said bolt when in position.

The seat is shown in dotted lines o o, and is secured to the frame or uprights A by a pivot-joint at fi, upon which the seat tilts when the same is reversed.

The lower edge of the back D is supported or has a bearing against the lug or boss c, secured to the standards B.

Underneath the back edge of the seat are also-projections h 71., secured to the ii'ame or end pieces, to support the edge ot' the seat. A

At thelower part of the standards B, where they come .in contact with the seat, are shoulders formed that project over the end ofthe seat, which holds the scat in its proper position.

The scat is pivoted ashort distance above the plane of the supports at cach end ofthe seat, so as to 'allow the seat to tilt when the shoulders of the standards come in contact with it.

Having` thus described my invention, v

` `What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latentol' the United States, is-

The standards B, pivoted at c, provided with the slot Y, through which the pivot-bolt t passes, in eolnbination with the tilting-seat O, frame A, and pivoted back D, all operating as shown, and described.

Josemi 1I. STINRR, J oHN Summen. 

